Coastal Areas
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will have discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of creating a Minister for Coastal Communities to oversee a coastal strategy.
Answered by Alex Norris
There are no current plans to create a Minister for Coastal Communities.
As Minister for Local Growth, I am responsible for regional growth nationwide and recognise that coastal communities can make a contribution to growth.
The Plan for Neighbourhoods will support regeneration across the country including in many of our cherished coastal communities.
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